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W3Schools has been turning-up in my web searches for probably as long as it has existed [1] and I can't remember it ever occurring to me that it was affiliated
by andyjohnson0 8y ago
W3Schools has been turning-up in my web searches for probably as long as it has existed [1] and I can't remember it ever occurring to me that it was affiliated with the w3c. Maybe this really was a concern to w3c but I seriously doubt many other people were mislead.
[1] Just checked. Twenty years!
- nacs 8y agoI've been doing web dev work for over a decade now and always thought there was an affiliation with their w3schools and W3C. Fortunately I've only used them as a quick reference and not for any kind certification as OP mentioned they also provide. TIL
- ben509 8y agoI never did because I had seen sketchy brands trying to mimic popular brands before, so I was primed to be skeptical. But it is pretty natural in how language works for people to see similar names and assume an association. And you can't reconsider an unconscious association, since it's unconcious.
- kkarakk 8y agoit had such good SEO precisely because it was mistakenly assumed to be run by w3c by a LOT of devs who proceeded to click those links enough as to inform google that this is a "important site"